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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The former Bayley Seton Hospital stands as the lone evacuation center here, after the doors of Mount Manresa Jesuit Retreat House in Fort Wadsworth were closed to displaced victims of Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday.

Meeting the targeted closing date of Jan. 15, the city Department of Homeless Services worked with the 18 remaining storm victims most recently housed at Mount Manresa.

"They have all moved out. They were all relocated to new apartments or went back to the properties that they previously owned," said Barbara Brancaccio, the department's deputy commissioner of communications and external affairs. "Project Hospitality, which is contracted by DHS ... worked very intensely over the last two months to ensure that everyone had a housing plan and was put back into the community."

Remaining at Bayley Seton Hospital are 87 storm survivors who still need shelter, she said. "Most of them are homeowners very engaged in fixing their own homes, some are waiting for FEMA assistance, and others need additional social services and other community support," said Ms. Brancaccio.

While there are many storm victims remaining at the shelter, there have been many others who received federal assistance to repair their homes or find new rental housing. So far, a total of 20,388 storm victims have applied to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for assistance, said Greg Hughes, a FEMA spokesman. A total of $87 million has been paid out by FEMA for essential home repairs and housing assistance, he said.

Ms. Brancaccio noted that the shelters have continued to house displaced Islanders because of the dearth of hotel rooms across the borough. "The city hotel system was a successor to the DHS-operated evacuation centers," said Ms. Brancaccio. "When we were processing hotel rooms throughout the city there weren't enough hotel rooms on Staten Island at the time. We had hotel rooms in other parts of the city available for Staten Island residents, but people wanted to stay close to home to get their kids to school. People also wanted to be able to get back to their homes to clean them out."

Prior to the opening of Bayley Seton and Mount Manresa, there were evacuation centers at Wagner and Tottenville high schools and the Petrides Educational Complex.